Re: No Wanna Duppys

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21016
interpreted = N
texte = This is what is not working... and I thought would....[HideIf [lookup db=catalog.txt&value=[SKU]&lookinfield=SKU&returnfield=SKU]=[SKU]] [Append db=catalog.txt][FormVariables][name]=[URL][value][/URL]&[/FormVariables][/Append ] [/HideIf][ShowIf [lookup db=catalog.txt&value=[SKU]&lookinfield=SKU&returnfield=SKU]=[SKU]] [SKU] already exists! [/ShowIf] SInce I am on this train of thought.... what do you suppose would keep it from working?It adds regardless of dups there or not. MM>At 11:40 Uhr -0800 13.11.1998, The Mooseman wrote: > >>I want to add a snip that looks at the catalog.db and sees if there is >>a matching sku number before it writes a duplicate sku to the db. >> >>Am I correct that a [showif] should handle it on the called eg:results >>page? >>I can't recall how to search for it first... with a lookup or a search.... >>no success with either! > > >Lookup is faster than search: > >[showif [lookup >db=catalog.db&value=[NewSku]&lookinfield=sku&returnfield=sku¬found=ok]=ok] >[m >ath show=f]v_add=1[/math] >[/showif] > >[showif [math]v_add[/math]=1] > (add the item...) >[/showif] >[hideif [math]v_add[/math]=1] > (this is a dup, don't add the item or use a different SKU...) >[/hideif] > >You can do a second lookup within a hideif-tag instead of setting a >variable, but doing just one lookup is supposed to be faster. > > >Peter > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com >Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: No Wanna Duppys (Peter Ostry 1998)
  2. Re: No Wanna Duppys (The Mooseman 1998)
  3. Re: No Wanna Duppys (Peter Ostry 1998)
  4. Re: No Wanna Duppys (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  5. Re: No Wanna Duppys (The Mooseman 1998)
  6. Re: No Wanna Duppys (The Mooseman 1998)
  7. Re: No Wanna Duppys (Peter Ostry 1998)
  8. No Wanna Duppys (The Mooseman 1998)
This is what is not working... and I thought would....[HideIf [lookup db=catalog.txt&value=[SKU]&lookinfield=SKU&returnfield=SKU]=[SKU]] [Append db=catalog.txt][formvariables][name]=[url][value][/URL]&[/FormVariables][/Append ] [/HideIf][ShowIf [lookup db=catalog.txt&value=[SKU]&lookinfield=SKU&returnfield=SKU]=[SKU]] [SKU] already exists! [/ShowIf] SInce I am on this train of thought.... what do you suppose would keep it from working?It adds regardless of dups there or not. MM>At 11:40 Uhr -0800 13.11.1998, The Mooseman wrote: > >>I want to add a snip that looks at the catalog.db and sees if there is >>a matching sku number before it writes a duplicate sku to the db. >> >>Am I correct that a [showif] should handle it on the called eg:results >>page? >>I can't recall how to search for it first... with a lookup or a search.... >>no success with either! > > >Lookup is faster than search: > >[showif [lookup >db=catalog.db&value=[NewSku]&lookinfield=sku&returnfield=sku¬found=ok]=ok] >[m >ath show=f]v_add=1[/math] >[/showif] > >[showif [math]v_add[/math]=1] > (add the item...) >[/showif] >[hideif [math]v_add[/math]=1] > (this is a dup, don't add the item or use a different SKU...) >[/hideif] > >You can do a second lookup within a hideif-tag instead of setting a >variable, but doing just one lookup is supposed to be faster. > > >Peter > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com >Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Mooseman

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